Moore's contract change is similar to moves the club on the contracts of DE Will Smith and RG Jahri Evans - reducing the 2012 base salary to the minimum and converting the balance to a guaranteed bonus. For salary cap purposes, the bonus is then prorated over the remaining four years of Moore's contract. Moore's 2011 contract was a five-year, $20 million deal with $7 million total guaranteed.

The Saints reclaimed $1.4 million in cap space from Moore and $840,000 in cap space from Robinson.

The contract moves push more guaranteed money into the contracts, making it tougher for the Saints to cut these players. This is why players the team trusts to have long-term success are getting their deals restructured.